587 Guides to Book Selection
General
*American Library Association. A.L.A. Book-list: a guide to the best new books. Vol. 1, to date. 1905 to date.
—— A.L.A. Catalog. 2 vols. 1912.(Washington: U.S. Gov. Printing Office.)
**Robertson, J. M. Courses of Study. 1904.(Watts.)
*Sonnenschein, W. S. The Best Books: a reader’s guide to the choice of the best available books. 2 vols. 1910-12. In progress.(Routledge.)
**Standard Books: an annotated and classified guide to the best books in all departments of literature. 4 vols.(Nelson.)
Books for the Young
Bacon, Corinne (Ed.). Children’s Catalogue of Two Thousand Books: a guide to the best reading for boys and girls, based on fifty-four selected library lists and bulletins. 1916. Standard Catalogue Ser.(N. York: Wilson.)
**Field, W. T. Fingerposts to Children’s Reading. 1907.(Chicago: M’Clurg.)
Finsbury Public Libraries. Cannons, H. G. C. Descriptive Handbook to Juvenile Literature, 1906.
*Olcott, F. J. The Children’s Reading. 1912.(Boston: Houghton, Mifflin Co.)
Potter, M. E., and Others. Children’s Catalog: a guide to the best reading for young people. 1909.(Minneapolis: Wilson.)
Pittsburgh. Carnegie Library. Graded and Annotated Catalogue of Books for the Use of the City School. 1900.
—— Catalogue of Books in the Children’s Department. 1909.
Works of Reference
British Museum. Printed Books, Department of. List of Books forming the Reference Library in the Reading Room of the B.M. 2 vols. 1910.(British Museum.)
*Hopkins, F. M. Reference Guides that Should be Known and How to Use Them. 1916.(Detroit: Willard.)
**Kroeger, A. B. Guide to the Study and Use of Reference Books. Ed. 3, by I. G. Mudge; revised and enlarged. 1917.(Chicago: A.L.A. Publ. Board.)
Historical Works
Adams, C. K. Manual of Historical Literature. 1888.(N. York: Harper.)
**Gross, C. Sources and Literature of English History: to 1485. Ed. 2; revised. 1915.(Longmans.)
Fiction
**Baker, E. A. Guide to the Best Fiction in English. 1913.(Routledge.)
**—— Guide to Historical Fiction. 1914.(Routledge.)
Nield, Jonathan. Guide to the Best Historical Novels and Tales. 1904.(Elkin Matthews.)
Anonyms and Pseudonyms
Barbier, A. A. Dictionnaire des Ouvrages Anonymes. Ed. 3. 4 vols. 1872-78.(Paris: Daffis.)
**Courtney, W. P. Secrets of Our National Literature. 1908.(Constable.)
**Cushing, William. Anonyms. 2 vols. 1890.(N. York: Sampson Low.)
*—— Initials and Pseudonyms. 1885.(N. York: Sampson Low.)
*Halkett, Samuel, and Laing, John. Dictionary of the Anonymous and Pseudonymous Literature of Great Britain. 4 vols. 1882-88.(Edinburgh: Paterson.)
Quérard, J. M. Dictionnaire des Ouvrages Pseudonymes et Anonymes de la Littérature Française, 1700-1845. 3 vols. 1846.(Paris: Daffis.)
Weller, E. Lexicon Pseudonymorum. 2 vols. 1886.(Regenburg.)
Book Prices. Sale Records
American Book Prices Current. (Annual.) Vol. 1, 1895 to date.(N. York: Dodd.)
*Book Auction Records. (Quarterly.) Vol. 1, 1902 to date.(Karslake.)
**Book Prices Current. (Annual.) Vol. 1, 1886 to date.(Stock.)
*Clegg, James. International Directory of Booksellers’ and Bibliophiles’ Manual. 1899 to date.(Rochdale: Clegg).
Periodical Indexes
Annual Library Index. 1892 to date.(N. York: Publishers’ Weekly.)
**Library Association. “Subject” Index to Periodicals. Vol. 1. 1915 to date.
Poole, W. F., and Others. Index to Periodical Literature. (Quinquennially.) Vols. 1-2, 1802-81 to date. 1887 to date.(Kegan Paul.)
Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature. 1900 to date.(N. York: Wilson.)